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SpaceX may shine when it comes to reusable rocket plans, but the launch services provider Rocket Lab is the first to catch one of its boosters with a helicopter.

A SpaceX booster rocket that was launched from Florida back in 2015 is racing through space uncontrolled. And it's heading for the moon. It was launched to deliver NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory to it's destination almost 7 years ago. But it's been flying around ever since.

The U.S. tests come amid reports that China has been testing hypersonic weapons.

Pandemic may be behind it but politifact points out that it's infection rates are still higher than most states. >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. the pentagon's hypersonic weapons programs suffered a setback after a booster rocket failed to lift off, that's according to reuters. the test was intended to validate aspects of one of the hypersonic vehicles in development. senior pentagon officials say a separate series of tests wednesday was successful on navy and army hypersonic weapon component of the types. there is a report tonight that china performed a second hypersonic weapons test thi...

>> two, one. >> reporter: against a cloudless sky, swagger and confidence on full display today as jeff bezos' blue origin carried a beloved pop icon within minutes 90-year-old william shatner became the oldest person ever to go to space, weightless for nearly four minutes with his three fellow passengers, blue origins' audrey powers and chris boshuizen and glen de vries, who each paid an estimated $250,000 to fly >> this is nuts! >> no description could beat this. >> reporter: it was a quick trip soon the booster rocket was landing back on the pad while shatner and team parachuted to a soft l...